DEFINITIONS – EDUCATIONAL TERMS

1. CURRICULUM: All the objectives, content, and learning activities arranged in a sequence for a particular instructional area. An orderly arrangement of integrated subjects, activities, time allocations, and experiences that students pursue for the attainment of a specific education goal.

2. COMPETENCY: (Hands On) – Performance of task to the level or degree specified in the performance standard for the task.

3. CRITERION REFERENCED MEASURE(S): An exercise based on a performance objective for a task, and designed to measure attainment of that objective. (Also called performance test or criterion referenced test.)

4. GOAL: A statement of the intended outcome of participation in the training program.

5. LIVE WORK: The processing, assignment and student performance of the appropriate tasks on vehicles donated by manufacturers or other sources, customer-owned, and other training vehicles.

6. MASTERY: (See Competency – Hands On).

7. OBJECTIVE, PERFORMANCE: A written statement describing an intended outcome (competent task performance) in terms of student performance. (Also called "behavioral" objective or instructional objective) R.F. Mager Associates, 13245 Rhoda Drive, Los Altos Hill, California.

8. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC: Attributes that are not readily measurable, and are generally in the affective or cognitive domains.

9. AREA(S): Relates to one or more of the following: (1) Structural Analysis and Damage Repair, (2) Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair, (3) Mechanical and Electrical Components, (4) Plastics and Adhesives, and (5) Painting and Refinishing.

10. STANDARD: "…Something established for use as a rule or basis of comparison in measuring or judging capacity, quantity, content, extent, value, quality, etc." Webster's New World Dictionary (1991)

11. STANDARD – PERFORMANCE: A written specification of the results or acceptable task performance.

12. STANDARD – PERSONAL: An attribute or characteristic of an individual that facilitates entry into and advancement in an occupation.

13. STANDARD – PROGRAM: A specific quality or desired characteristic or a training program designed to prepare individuals for employment.

14. TASK: A unit of work activity that has an identifiable beginning and ending point in its accomplishment, and consists of two or more observable steps.

15. TRAINING STATION: An area with appropriate tools and equipment, large enough to allow safety and competency development in task performance.

Must or shall is an imperative need, duty or requirement; an essential or indispensable item; mandatory.

Should is used to express a recommendation, not mandatory but attainment would increase program quality.

May or could expresses freedom to follow a suggested alternative.